The Birthday Month

Dress - Forever21 // Cardigan - H & M // Belt - Wet Seal // Shoes - Madden Girl // Socks - Marc's // Shirt - Thrifted

Why does everyone in my family have their birthday in late May or early June? Don't get me wrong, I love birthdays. Especially family birthdays. Especially when those birthdays are really close together and sometimes are even consecutive! Ok, that last part was definitely sarcasm. But come on, there are a lot of people in my family! Well, happy birthday to ... well almost everyone in my family.

I'm definitely not avoiding homework

Dress - Modcloth // Tights - George // Socks - Modcloth // Shoes - American Eagle // Cardigan - Forever21 (Thrifted)

Ok, so I lied about posting once or twice a week. I'm trying! So it's been almost two weeks since my last post. But. It has been less than two weeks. Meaning I'm already doing better than the past few months. Part of the reason I've been more busy is because I finally got a job! I'm teaching a few after school art classes! Speaking of which . . . I'll probably have to leave soonish. (As in this was a few hours ago. I'm back now)

It'll be really sad if I write this post and then forget to post it when I get back. (No, I actually remembered) I'm waiting mostly 'cause I just can't think of a title. (Still true) Would it be terrible if I just started using titles like "Post #1" Eh, it should be more creative than that. But that's what I want to do. I'm so glad yahoo mail doesn't freak out when you don't put a subject line in emails anymore. So now . . . I don't use subject lines. Seriously, sometimes I'd spend more time on the subject line than the actual email!

Well, that's it for now. I should be . . . well, doing more important things (like homework. as you can see from my very not creative title.)

Favorite Daughter of the Speaker

So...today was the day my dad spoke at the conference. I'm so proud of him just for being accepted to speak, but the fact that it went so well was just amazing! Several people told him that he was the best speaker there. I went with him to the conference for moral support. I think he did a marvelous job! I can't tell you what he spoke about because...well I don't know what it was. Well it was something about multicore. But that's the extent of my knowledge. I know that makes me sounds kind of dumb...but ya know, it's just not my area of expertise. Yes, I was there. And yes, I did listen to the entire thing because I love my dad. But, I still I don't know...even after sitting through 5 more hours of similar topics from other speakers. Yes. 5 hours. I am seriously the best daughter ever for sitting through that. Anyways, to get into the conference I had to have a badge. And since I don't really work for those companies my title was "Favorite Daughter of the Speaker." Yeah, that was officially printed on my badge. The guy who organized the conference even took a picture of it!

Well, after that it was really late, but we still went to Fisherman's wharf. Well, we stood in front of it at least...it was so late we really only had time to eat then leave. We're supposed to go back later in the week 'cause the wharf is pretty awesome! Anways, we ate at Rainforest Cafe!!! Woo!!! I love RFC so much. And it's the same one I went to my last California trip. I also ate the exact same thing. I could have tried something different, but mushroom ravioli in lobster sauce is pretty hard to beat! We were all pretty tired after that, especially dad, so we walked around a few minutes before we left. I felt bad that I was really not comfortable driving in California 'cause dad really was super tired. To help keep him awake we ended up singing every Weird Al song we knew. Yeah, we're a weird (awesome) family. We started singing 'cause my dad made some comment about The Who and I just burst into song "I haven't been in a crowd like this since I went to see the Who!" You know you have those moments where everything reminds you of a song!

And one last note. I am finally wearing a dress as a skirt. I actually haven't worn this dress on the blog before, but I was dying to wear this outfit to the pier. And I've always wanted to do the dress as a skirt thing...I think it turned out pretty great! And I am so loving weird crazy mixed prints and patterns rights now! I'll probably look back at these pictures one day and just wonder what I was thinking...but ya know, I was happy today with this outfit so it's cool.

No wait...one more last note! So...FanimeCon is this weekend! How did I not know this? I mean I guess I live in Ohio so I don't really pay attention to out of state and like west coast cons...but seriously it's like a few miles from my hotel! And this weekend!!! It makes me so sad that I have neither a costume with me or a ticket to go :( Or money to buy either. I only found out 'cause my dad and sister saw a bunch of signs while they were jogging. And then dad drove me through the city so I could see the signs too. One day...one day I will come back and go to FanimeCon!!!!

 Soo...there's no zoom on my camera. But, that's my dad speaking slightly to the left and slightly above center. Really far in the distance.

Yup, my conference badge! It's official. Favorite Daughter of the Speaker!

A FanimeCon sign!

Trolley!!

Fisherman's Wharf!

Two years ago at the exact same place!

Wow...her expression is just a bit disturbing

A three story tall RFC! Yes!

Sourdough bread animals

A giant bread crocodile

These masks are kind of cool...but look how they hung them? Through the eye holes? Kind of creepy!

Best hat ever!

Shirt - Thrifted // Dress - Monteu // Belt - Thrifted // Tights - George // Cardigan - New York and Company (Thrifted) // Sunglasses - Charlotte Russe // Jacket - Forever21 // Shoes - Faded Glory 

Even though I guess you can't even really see what I'm wearing...

Whoooa overload of crappy pictures! But hey, it's vacation. And I'm probably gonna have to retake outfit pictures later anyway because I'm not really getting any good ones. Anyways, read about my first trip here. Here's the link to my sister's blog. And here's the link (finally!) to the conference my dad spoke at. And his bio. Well, thanks for reading and I hope y'all have a wonderful day!

California or Bust!

So I'm currently in Minnesota...the connecting flight to California is really delayed so I have time to spare. I finished writing when I got to the hotel. If this is your first time stopping by my blog, I left today for a short trip in California with my dad and my sister, Laura.

I got outfit pictures yesterday, but I put off packing until the very last minute possible and ending not being able to find the camera to upload the pictures. No worries, the camera is not technically lost, I just don't know where my mom put it after she used it. I'm disappointed though because the pictures turned out pretty amazing. And it involved me trying to avoid a heinous poison ivy patch that just happened to be in spectacular lighting.  Oh well, I'll post them when I get back!

Anyways, I literally did not pack until the last minute and I ended up getting zero sleep. And since my dad stayed up pretty late too I ended up driving my dad to work in the morning. Good thing too 'cause he slept the whole time and I was really wide awake. Weird, I know! But sometimes when I'm really sleep deprived, I'm more awake?  That didn't last long 'cause as soon as I got to Rockwell (where my dad works) I fell sleep in a really (not) comfortable chair for a couple of hours.

We made a quick stop at Walmart for some plane snacks, headphones, and ...a belt. Well, the flight from Cleveland to Minnesota (Honestly, I'm not positive what city...I'll check later. But I really don't feel like it now.) was pretty uneventful and actually left on time. Our next flight, however, keeps getting delayed more though. Hey, we'll get into Cali pretty late, but at least we had time to eat! We stopped at this awesome restaurant called Bonfire and I had bacon and blue cheese burger. Amazing. That's all I can say. It was just that good! And...now I'm just chillin' in the airport waiting to board the last plane.

I was done writing, but when I got back to the gate, it turns out that the plane was delayed yet again. And...there's a guy doing yoga in the corner. Yes, I'm serious. I would love to take a picture for you, but I would feel a little too much like a creeper! The plane's now supposed to leave in 15 minutes...so we'll see...

The flight ended up being delayed again and we got into San Francisco really late (like around 2 or 3 AM body time?). And for some reason we're in the handicap room in the Hampton Inn. It's very....weird because the coat rack is only two feet from the floor so my dresses and dad's shirts are all dragging on the floor. And the shower head is only about 4 feet high and only sprays straight out...so needless to say it's a little weird. The hotel doesn't appear to be that full so I don't get why we're in this room instead of someone who actually needs it... Oh well, the room's clean at least (except the air conditioning smells like foot?)! Anyways, that's basically it for Monday!

I call this the "she should not be wearing yoga pants" face

Waiting in the Cleveland airport

Finally on the plane...and I don't know how to explain this weird shift in the pictures. It's really bugging me, but I don't feel like trying to fix it 'cause I want to watch TV instead :p Hey, I'm on vacation! At least the pictures are all the same width.

At Bonfire. The bar in the background had this really cool mosaic and you can kind of see it behind their heads. The lighting in the pictures is really what the restaurant looked like. It was a really comfortable atmosphere. 

This pictures does not even begin to capture how amazing that sunset was!

Aaaaand the pictures are suddenly back to normal.

Laura loves these moving walkways. It makes her feel like a superhero.

Waiting for a rental car.

Shirt - Forever21 (Thrifted) // Cardigan - Mossimo (Thrifted) // Jacket - Forever21 // Shorts - Faded Glory // Tights - George // Shoes - Maurices // Sunglasses - Charlotte Russe (Except they're not in any pictures?)

Laura's wearing :  Shirt - Thrifted // Plaid Shirt - American Eagle (Thrifted) // Jeans - I'm guessing JCPenney's ('cause that tends to be where she gets her jeans...) // Shoes - Faded Glory // Sunglasses - Charlotte Russe

My dad's probly got thrifted stuff on :p

Well so far the trip has been awesome. Sorry for so many pictures! Read about my first trip here. Here's the link to my sister's blog. And here's the link (finally!) to the conference my dad's speaking at. And his bio. Well, thanks for reading and I hope y'all have a wonderful day!